The strain of pregnancy and childbirth puts her into kidney failure. Her mother donates a kidney, however, Shelby unfortunately rejects the donated kidney and dies at the end of the film. What type of diabetes did Julia Roberts have in Steel Magnolias?
Possibly the most famous portrayal of diabetes in the movies is Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias In a memorable scene, her character with type 1 diabetes experiences crashing low blood sugar while at the beauty parlor as she has her hair done for her own wedding. That is because the little girl who is playing him C. This film captures this bittersweetness and taps into some fundamental truths about the strength that women derive from one another, regardless of their age or social background.
With a few simple steps you can change your Netflix region to a country like Canada and start watching Canadian Netflix, which includes Steel Magnolias. Steel Magnolias is based on a true story. Steel Magnolias version follows six women in a small town in Louisiana as they live their lives. One of these women, Shelby, has diabetes.
Diabetes is a disease caused by high blood sugar. In Type 1 diabetes, insulin producing cells in the pancreas are destroyed and thus keep the body from making its own insulin Basina. Over time, diabetes can result in kidney failure, nerve damage, blindness, etc. Pregnancy can be difficult for someone who has diabetes because of the strain it causes on the body, sometimes speeding up organ damage Mayo Clinic.
Shelby starts reaching for her neck a couple times, her face showing signs of anxiety. This scene accurately depicts what is called diabetic hypoglycemia. Yes, he is a jerk. I am no doctor, I can only relay my own experiences. I was wondering if anyone here has experience with gestational diabetes. I am writing a film and want to portray it accurately.
Could a woman also go into kidney failure or have a stroke or seizures as a result? What would be the realistic preventive things someone would do to control their gestational diabetes? Lastly, I have read Type 1 diabetes can cause fatal neural tube defects in the baby, could this also happen with gestational diabetes in the mother?
The original post makes clear she knows this. The film industry would do well featuring more characters who manage their conditions without it being used as a plot device, and that goes for other chronic conditions, not just diabetes.
How brave! Where is the happy medium? What are some of her more typical occurrences with the disease? I am not calling for an end to dramatic events with illness in entertainment, of course. Just more opportunities taken to feature issues incidentally rather than it having to be solely for the plot. I just watched the movie with the subtitles on. The doctor tells the family that because she is taking anti rejection meds — Shelby has an infection that is affecting the central nervous system.
Just watched steel magnolia again. Still confused. Been type 1 for 33 yrs. Diagnosed while pregnant. So blessed. My father was diagnosed when he was 9 as a type 1 diabetic in I think. He lived till he was 77, died of cancer in He lived a long life. He lived as diabetic took insulin. He grew up with out gloucometers. Had to eat on a schedule ever day. The glucometer changed in all.
All you diabetics can live a normal life. Yes you have to take your meds and visit the Dr more. You can do it! Goodness so much vitriol. My grandma had it and suffered greatly, so that gave me more concern as a kid. I actually just watched Steel Magnolias again and googled this topic to try to figure out what caused her sad death exactly.
Now going back after reading comments, there were a few subtle parts that hint at her level of disease. But up till now, that aspect of the movie always seemed unanswered to me. I love the leading ladies in it. If you listen very closely to the doctor, he says she probably got an infection due to the immunosuppressive drugs to keep her from rejecting the kidney. My cousin was a type 1 diabetic who died aged 28 in She had been married for a year and , I think, was fed up with the stringent diet diabetics had to follow then.
This was in Scotland. I was completely shocked because I thought that all you had to do was take insulin and you were fine. She went blind and had kidney failure. Most of the time, I wish I would die. I am tired of the lows. My body does not respond to a diabetic low. I just pass out! A couple of times they thought they lost me. I know the horrors of diabetes. I am scared to leave the house. I was driving and running into curbs. The ER at the hospital treated me like a drunk. They performed am ethanol test and blood work that was unnecessary.
I wear my Dexcom Meter and my Diabetic necklace. I was given Glucagon and sent to the ER. The hospital milked me for all they could. Diabetes is not easier now. Diabetes has been around since the beginning of time. No cure in sight. I will die from it. There is nothing funny about this movie and there is nothing funny about Type 1 Diabetes.
I actually disagree with your post entirely. It is a disease — and a serious one. Having type 1 Diabetes instantly takes years off your life — and even if you take care of yourself things like kidney failure, blindness, neuropathy, amputation, impotence in men , etc.
I rewatched the movie today was like what in the world is that horse manure going on in the salon! My husband accepts help gratiously because he is too weak to fight like a cornered animal when his blood sugar is low.
Somehow a little slip of a girl has the energy to react like a frightened cow? Sounds more like people who get combative have an underlying personality disorder, prone to histrionics.
Really, that was crazy town, right there. Needing people to force her to get her sugars up? He knows what to do and on the rare occasion he is taken unawares, never acts crazy. A little drunk or ready to pass out only. I think they way they portrayed type 1 diabetes was misleading at best.
Too many liberties taken, and not enough realism. He also has autism…you should hear his thoughts on Rain Man. He is not a fan. Hollywood likes portraying the most edgecase dramatic medical conditions they can find, ignoring the majority who share the diagnosis. Not one thought goes into how this might stigmatize the community, because: who cares as long as they make their money and win awards.
I love this movie! I have watched it a hundred times at least. Although your experience and those of others may differ, this is a familiar extreme to others. We thought we would lose her many time, but after she had her child we did lose her, even more dramatically than depicted in the movie.
She did have epilepsy that was linked to her diabetes. I watch this movie because it reminds me of Shelby. Your email address will not be published.
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Posted September 30, at PM. Sally Field said she always played "really noble, earnest women that wear crummy clothes. For once I'd like to play a bh that gets to wear nice clothes.
Soon after, Soapdish was born and Field got to play the role of her dreams as an aging soap-opera actress who conspires to ruin the career of her co-star. Perhaps CBS should try again, though. When Lifetime put an on all African American version of the film, starring Queen Latifah, Phylicia Rashad, and Condola Rashad, it was the channel's third-most-watched telecast ever.
The sparks you saw between Roberts and her on-screen beau Dylan McDermott were real. Then, according to People , she allegedly broke up with Neeson to date—and eventually become engaged to—McDermott. They never made it to the alter, though, with their relationship ending in Playwright Robert Harling grew up in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and insisted on filming there.
That decision had a huge impact on the town, which can still be felt today. Guests can stay in rooms named after characters like the Clairee, Ouiser, and Annelle. Southern summers can be scorchers, but that didn't stop the cast and extras from donning their finest Christmas sweaters and winter hats to film the Natchitoches Christmas festival scenes.
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